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Anuj Vohra

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Contractors at an impasse with their government customers turn to Anuj Vohra for creative solutions; decisive, actionable guidance; and effective advocacy.  

Anuj litigates on behalf of government contractors across industry sectors in a variety of forums, with extensive experience before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. He also assists clients with an array of issues related to contract formation, regulatory compliance, internal and government-facing investigations, suspension and debarment, organizational conflicts of interest, and the Freedom of Information Act. Anuj also regularly counsels federal funding recipients of all types—contractors, nonprofits, institutions of higher education—on certification issues related to the receipt of that funding, including DEI programming, compliance with federal antidiscrimination laws, and strategies for mitigating False Claims Act liability.

Prior to entering private practice, Anuj spent six years as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch. At DOJ, he was a member of the Bid Protest Team—which handles the department’s most complex protests—and served as lead counsel in dozens of matters representing the United States in commercial disputes before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Career & Education

    • Department of Justice: Civil Division
      Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, 2006–2012
    • Illinois
      Assistant Corporation Counsel, Constitutional and Commercial Litigation Division, City of Chicago Department of Law, 2003–2006
    • Department of Justice: Civil Division
      Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, 2006–2012
    • Illinois
      Assistant Corporation Counsel, Constitutional and Commercial Litigation Division, City of Chicago Department of Law, 2003–2006

    • University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., cum laude
    • University of Michigan, B.A.
    • University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., cum laude
    • University of Michigan, B.A.

    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Co-Chair, Bid Protest Committee
    • U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association
    • South Asian Bar Association

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Co-Chair, Bid Protest Committee
    • U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association
    • South Asian Bar Association

Anuj's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.08.25

GAO Moves the Goalposts: New Post-Debriefing Timeliness Trap for Protesters

The deadlines for filing a GAO protest are short and strictly enforced.  In post-award protests, the general rule is that a company must file its protest within ten days of when the protester knows, or should have known, of its basis of protest.  However, GAO’s regulations provide an exception to this rule for “protests challenging a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals under which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is required”—in such a situation, “[the] protest shall not be filed before the debriefing date offered to the protester, but shall be filed not later than 10 days after the date on which the debriefing is held.”  4 CFR §21.2(a)(2)....

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Representative Matters

  • LightBox Parent, LP, B-420032.2 (Feb. 24, 2022); LightBox Parent, LP v. United States, 162 Fed. Cl. 143 (Sept. 14, 2022)—Served as lead counsel in the successful defense of an awarded $50 million Federal Communications Commission contract for data mapping services in serial bid protests filed at the GAO and the Court of Federal Claims. 
  • VAS Realty, LLC v. United States, 26 F.4th 945 (Fed. Cir. 2022)—Served as lead counsel in the successful appeal of a trial court dismissal of a General Services Administration lease offeror’s bid protest for lack of standing. The decision is being remanded to the Court of Federal Claims per clarified protester standing requirements. 
  • Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Washington Met. Transit Auth., 16 F.4th 294 (D.C. Cir. 2021)—Served as lead counsel in successful defenses, first in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and then on appeal to the D.C. Circuit, of a Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority escalator repair contract. 
  • Wisconsin Physician Serv. Ins. Corp. v. United States, 151 Fed. Cl. 22 (2020)—Served as lead counsel in the successful defense of a bid protest challenging a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services award of contract for Medicare Administrative Contractor services. 
  • American Small Business League v. U.S. Department of Defense, 411 F. Supp.3d 824 (N.D. Cal. 2019)—Served as lead counsel in the successful defense of Department of Defense invocation of FOIA Exemption 4 to prevent disclosure of contractor documents in response to a FOIA request. The case represented one of the first applications of Exemption 4 following the Supreme Court’s decision clarifying scope of exemption in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, 139 S. Ct. 2356 (2019).

Anuj's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.08.25

GAO Moves the Goalposts: New Post-Debriefing Timeliness Trap for Protesters

The deadlines for filing a GAO protest are short and strictly enforced.  In post-award protests, the general rule is that a company must file its protest within ten days of when the protester knows, or should have known, of its basis of protest.  However, GAO’s regulations provide an exception to this rule for “protests challenging a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals under which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is required”—in such a situation, “[the] protest shall not be filed before the debriefing date offered to the protester, but shall be filed not later than 10 days after the date on which the debriefing is held.”  4 CFR §21.2(a)(2)....

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Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.08.25

GAO Moves the Goalposts: New Post-Debriefing Timeliness Trap for Protesters

Publication | 06.25.25

4 Precautions For Responsible AI Use In Bid Protests

Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.18.25

Crowell’s DEI and Civil Fraud Initiative

Speaking Engagement | 05.13.25

"Bid Protests: Strategies to Secure Your Piece of the Smaller Contract Pie," OOPS 2025: Government Contractors Reacting and Adapting to the New Administration, Tyson's Corner, VA.

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Practices

Anuj's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.08.25

GAO Moves the Goalposts: New Post-Debriefing Timeliness Trap for Protesters

The deadlines for filing a GAO protest are short and strictly enforced.  In post-award protests, the general rule is that a company must file its protest within ten days of when the protester knows, or should have known, of its basis of protest.  However, GAO’s regulations provide an exception to this rule for “protests challenging a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals under which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is required”—in such a situation, “[the] protest shall not be filed before the debriefing date offered to the protester, but shall be filed not later than 10 days after the date on which the debriefing is held.”  4 CFR §21.2(a)(2)....

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